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Kerry Darlington is a Welsh artist, born
1974 in Rhyl, North Wales. She was heavily inspired by magical fairy tale
picture books and stories during her childhood, and had a particular love for
Arthur Rackham’s intricate pen and ink work. This influenced her to take a
degree in Illustration, with intentions of becoming a children’s book
Illustrator. Following this she discovered ‘Art Nouveau’ and the Pre-Raphaelite
artists’. She found this work so hauntingly beautiful that it absorbed her and
it still has a profound effect on her own art.

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Smart Art Galleries are delighted to have the brand new
unique work from Artist of the Year 2012, Kerry Darlington, an extraordinary
homage to the 1939 film, ‘Wizard of Oz’. Focused upon Dorothy and Toto, the
composition shows the iconic ruby slippers. Interestingly, Kerry has noted,
“Did you know Dorothy wore silver shoes in the book? They introduced red
slippers for the film.”

Jim Connolly is an illustrator, designer and commercial artist from Sheffield, England.
He is best known for creating comic book style designs for album/single covers, concert posters, magazine articles and silkscreen prints. His style features loud and brash bubblegum colours and comical characters usually drawn with a sharp vectorized look.
The dominant features of his work usually include comic book, science fiction and horror references, often with a UK slant.
Beyond his comic book style work he has also worked in a variety of different styles as an illustrator and designer, mainly on outsourced E-Learning games for the BBC and Channel 4 via several E-Learning companies.

Jim Connolly is an illustrator, designer and commercial artist from Sheffield, England.
He is best known for creating comic book style designs for album/single covers, concert posters, magazine articles and silkscreen prints. His style features loud and brash bubblegum colours and comical characters usually drawn with a sharp vectorized look.
The dominant features of his work usually include comic book, science fiction and horror references, often with a UK slant.
Beyond his comic book style work he has also worked in a variety of different styles as an illustrator and designer, mainly on outsourced E-Learning games for the BBC and Channel 4 via several E-Learning companies.